To:INESSA ARMAND

Published:First published in 1964 inCollected Works, Fifth (Russian) Ed., Vol. 48.

      Sent from Cracow to Paris.

      Printed from the original.Source:Lenin
	  Collected Works,

      Progress Publishers,[1977],

      Moscow,Volume 43,

      pages388b-389a.Translated:Martin Parker and Bernard IsaacsTranscription\Markup:R. CymbalaPublic Domain:Lenin Internet Archive

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2/III. 1914

DearFriend,

Weare still having hard times—no newspaper. One senses a sharp
change in the whole system of work after Kamenev’s departure, andwherethe new line is leading andhowit will shape, no
one can tell.

FromSt. Petersburg we have had news 1) from Mikh. Step. (Olminsky),
who complains that we called Bogdanov names and drove him out, that the
people over there are lamenting, etc. My, what a snivelling milksop that
dear M. St. of ours is!

2)Therehas been a letter from the St. Petersburg Commit tee or rather
about the St. Petersburg Committee. It is alive and working well. This is
very pleasant news.

3)Aletter from a C.C. man, who is “making a comeback” in Siberia
after an interval of2years (prison and exile).

BeforeI forget—do you know what’s the matter with Popov in Brussels?
He hasn’t answered myurgentandimportantletters2–3 weeks(!!). And I need him! Is he ill? Or has thatlove-story[1]of his done something to him, driven him out of Brussels, etc.? If you know
nothing, will you please do this: wait a couple of days; if, during that
time, you do not hear anything new from me, write to him in Brusselsthrough other friendsand also ask them about him, so that I knowdefinitelywhat it’s all about. Must be something in credible and
impossible!

Ifyou know anything about him, drop me a line at once.

Allthe best,Yours,V. U.

P.S.Samoilov writes that he feels rather lonely in Montreux. I am
anxious to find a good doctor to look after him there (nervous
complaint). Does Kamsky know anyone?

[1]Thisword is in English in the original.—Ed.